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en-usPenn State University Relationsnews@psu.edu (Penn State News)Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:39:53 -0500Mon, 12 Dec 2016 15:02:31 -0500Penn State geneticists on cutting edge of effort to save ash treeshttp://news.psu.edu/story/438241/2016/11/17/research/penn-state-geneticists-cutting-edge-effort-save-ash-trees
When Kim Steiner created an ash plantation on the edge of Penn State's University Park campus in 1978, few Americans thought about "climate change," no one had heard of the emerald ash borer, and the Yankees beat the Dodgers in the World Series, swinging primarily bats made from ash.
http://news.psu.edu/story/438241/2016/11/17/research/penn-state-geneticists-cutting-edge-effort-save-ash-treesThu, 17 Nov 2016 08:36 -0500Penn State News - John CarlsonAmerican chestnut restoration effort getting a boost from molecular geneticistshttp://news.psu.edu/story/436464/2016/11/10/research/american-chestnut-restoration-effort-getting-boost-molecular
Efforts to restore American chestnut trees to their rightful place in the North American forest ecosystem are progressing, although progress has come at a slower pace than once expected, according to researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, who explain they have reached a pivotal point.
http://news.psu.edu/story/436464/2016/11/10/research/american-chestnut-restoration-effort-getting-boost-molecularThu, 10 Nov 2016 11:02 -0500Penn State News - John CarlsonDrought response identified in potential biofuel planthttp://news.psu.edu/story/281656/2013/07/15/research/drought-response-identified-potential-biofuel-plant
Drought resistance is the key to large-scale production of Jatropha, a potential biofuel plant -- and an international group of scientists has identified the first step toward engineering a hardier variety.
http://news.psu.edu/story/281656/2013/07/15/research/drought-response-identified-potential-biofuel-plantMon, 15 Jul 2013 10:10 -0400Penn State News - John CarlsonForest science major immersed in emerald ash borer researchhttp://news.psu.edu/story/278290/2013/05/31/academics/forest-science-major-immersed-emerald-ash-borer-research
Forest Science major Chelsea Kyler is conducting research in an ash tree plantation on the University Park campus, which was established years before she was born, focusing on the effects of the emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle native to Asia.
http://news.psu.edu/story/278290/2013/05/31/academics/forest-science-major-immersed-emerald-ash-borer-researchFri, 31 May 2013 16:09 -0400Penn State News - John CarlsonModified plants may yield more biofuelhttp://news.psu.edu/story/180840/2008/12/22/modified-plants-may-yield-more-biofuel
Plants, genetically modified to ease the breaking down of their woody material, could be the key to a cheaper and greener way of making ethanol, according to Penn State researchers who add that the approach also could help turn agricultural waste into food for livestock.
http://news.psu.edu/story/180840/2008/12/22/modified-plants-may-yield-more-biofuelMon, 22 Dec 2008 14:46 -0500Penn State News - John CarlsonHarvest of Energyhttp://news.psu.edu/story/141589/2007/09/24/research/harvest-energy
Researchers at the new Biomass Energy Center are homing in on future fuels.
http://news.psu.edu/story/141589/2007/09/24/research/harvest-energyMon, 24 Sep 2007 (All day) -0400Penn State News - John Carlson